| Contents |
Why soldiers, why (2:28) -- Ballad of the tea party (1:29) -- Free America (0:53) -- Bennington skirmish (1:26) -- The battle of Saratoga (1:58) -- Butternut Hill (1:30) -- Constitution and guerrier (1:55) -- How happy the soldier (1:09) -- Benny Haven (2:28) -- Mustang grey (2:02) -- Saro Jane (2:31) -- The regular army, oh! (2:06) -- The boys of the thirsty first (0:25) -- The cavalry remount (1:48) -- Where the privates are! (2:36) -- Mademoiselle from Armentiers (1:50) -- I landed in London (1:37) -- I got sixpence (2:59) -- I don't want to join the army (0:52) -- Gee but I want to go home (1:24) -- The one-eyed Reilly (Reilly's daughter) (1:21) -- Bell bottom trousers (1 :37) -- Officers ride the whale boats (1:29) -- Were you with the Marines (2:48) -- The engineers (1:49) -- The fighting O.M.C (1:54). |
| General note | Folk songs. |
| General note | Originally issued as analog disc on Folkways Records: FH 5249, 1959. Container incorrectly states: "Originally issued as FH 5232." |
| General note | Previously issued as compact disc. |
| General note | Smithsonian Folkways: FH 5249; F-5249 on original container. |
| General note | Texts ([8] p.) inserted in original container. |
| Performer |
Sung by Hermes Nye, accompanying himself on the guitar. |
